It was supposed to be a regular shopping trip to a Kenyan mall until Faith Wambua found herself playing dead for bullet-spraying militants, in an ordeal that capped a year of Islamist violence across the continent affecting countless ordinary Africans…
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South African peace icon Desmond Tutu said on Saturday he was not invited to the burial of his friend Nelson Mandela, amid allegations he was snubbed for political reasons. “Much as I would have loved to attend the service to say a final farewell to…
OTTAWA, Canada, December 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development and…
WASHINGTON, December 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United States welcomes today’s signing of declarations ending the M23 rebellion…
OSLO, Norway, December 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “The situation in the Central African Republic is now so serious…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) is organizing final technical consultations…
13 December 2013 – The humanitarian situation in the conflict-wracked Central African Republic (CAR) is deteriorating, with 450 people killed…
13 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is taking to the airwaves today to make a personal appeal to the…
Let me begin with Chinweizu, the non-conformist pan- African intellectual who wrote The West and the Rest of Us, a…
WASHINGTON, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Two U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and a small command…
TOKYO, Japan, December 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Japan is deeply concerned about the further deterioration of the…
Most Africans believe their politicians can commit crimes such as stealing and mismanagement with impunity, according to a survey released on Wednesday of 22 of the continent’s natural resource-producing countries. Despite attempts to improve governance…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since clashes erupted in Bangui on 5 December, the population has…
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATESUBJECT: Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1)…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Regional Task Force (RTF) of the African Union-led Regional…
Goal-line technology (GLT) will make its debut appearance in Africa this week as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — After deadly attacks and threats inside hospitals in the Central African…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is providing emergency operational assistance for those affected by fighting…
Two French soldiers have been killed in the Central African Republic’s capital of Bangui, the presidency said Tuesday, the first reported casualties since French troops entered the restive country last week. “With much sadness, the president learned…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Republic of Turkey participated in the African Development Bank Group’s…